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Bruce Dickinson.: Beginnings and Success: 1981-1985

Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, songwriter, and pilot best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He began his career in the 1970s fronting pub bands before joining Samson in 1979. Dickinson joined Iron Maiden in 1981, replacing their original singer. During his first tenure with Iron Maiden in the 1980s, they achieved great commercial success with several platinum albums. Dickinson left Iron Maiden in 1993 to pursue solo work but rejoined the band in 1999. In addition to his music career, Dickinson is a licensed commercial pilot and has worked as a captain for airlines.

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Bruce Dickinson.: Beginnings and Success: 1981-1985

Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, songwriter, and pilot best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He began his career in the 1970s fronting pub bands before joining Samson in 1979. Dickinson joined Iron Maiden in 1981, replacing their original singer. During his first tenure with Iron Maiden in the 1980s, they achieved great commercial success with several platinum albums. Dickinson left Iron Maiden in 1993 to pursue solo work but rejoined the band in 1999. In addition to his music career, Dickinson is a licensed commercial pilot and has worked as a captain for airlines.

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Bruce Dickinson.

Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, airline pilot, fencer, broadcaster, author, screenwriter, actor and former marketing director, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Dickinson began his career in music fronting small pub bands at school and University, including Styx (not the American band of the same name) in 1976, Speed, (19771978), and Shots in early 1979. He then joined the band Samson later in 1979, where he gained some popularity under the stage name "Bruce Bruce". He left Samson in 1981 to join Iron Maiden, replacing Paul Di'Anno, and debuted on their 1982 album The Number of the Beast. During his first tenure in the band, they issued a series of U.S. and UK platinum and gold albums in the 1980s, resulting in Dickinson gaining worldwide fame, and becoming one of the most acclaimed heavy metal vocalists of all time. Dickinson quit Iron Maiden in 1993, being replaced by Blaze Bayley, in order to pursue his solo career which saw him experiment with a wide variety of heavy metal and rock styles. Dickinson rejoined the band in 1999 along with guitarist Adrian Smith, with whom he released four subsequent studio albums. Since his return to Iron Maiden, Dickinson issued one further solo record in 2005, Tyranny of Souls. He is the older cousin of Rob Dickinson, former lead singer of British alternative rock band Catherine Wheel. His son, Austin, is the lead singer in metalcore band Rise to Remain.

Beginnings and success: 19811985


Dickinson went to audition for Iron Maiden at a rehearsal room in Hackney in September 1981 and immediately discovered that this was a much more professional operation than he was used to with Samson. In the practice rooms, the band played through "Prowler", "Sanctuary", "Running Free" and "Remember Tomorrow", before asking Dickinson to sing the same songs again in a recording studio, and he was immediately inducted into the group. Iron Maiden had a strict and organised routine that suited the band's writing style, which Dickinson described as a "time table" After a few gigs, they began writing new material for their third album, The Number of the Beast, released in 1982. In the wake of Samson's contractual problems, Dickinson could not legally be credited on any of the record's songs, having to make, what he called, a "moral contribution", later revealing that he had contributed limited creative input to "The Prisoner", "Children of the Damned" and "Run to the Hills". The album was a major success, topping the UK charts, and earning

platinum status in the UK and the U.S. Following the release, the band embarked on a supporting tour around the globe.

Aviation.
Dickinson learned to fly recreationally in Florida in the 1990s and now holds an airline transport pilot's licence. He regularly flew Boeing 757s in his role as captain for the now-defunct UK charter airline Astraeus, which, from 16 September 2010, employed him as Marketing Director. One of his key roles in that position was to promote Astraeus' services by increasing their number of videos, leading to the UK Civil Aviation Authority releasing a video featuring Dickinson on aircraft loading safety in June 2011. Following Astraeus' closure on 21 November 2011, Dickinson launched Cardiff Aviation Ltd on 1 May 2012, an aircraft maintenance business based at the Twin Peaks Hangar in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

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